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setsunatenshi on 15 January 2020
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Mr Puggsly said:
setsunatenshi said:

@bold: That opinion is based on what exactly? What do you mean by give up? Playstation is a global brand at this point, with strong support in every single region generation after generation, which is something the other competitors can't really claim.

About the funding of games in the "west" vs Japan, I mean, we do have examples like Bloodborne and Demon's Souls right? Not sure I would classify them as "action titles". I have no data to show they are investing more money in 3rd party deals in one area vs the other. One thing should be noted though, there is no competition from Microsoft in that market, which means every big budget game gets made for the PS4, with less than a 50% (guessing) chance of it ever coming to Xbox.

The games you mention have significant appeal in the west. Demon's Souls was relatively new idea at the time, Bloodborne was essentially more of that. I would classify them as action games.

Anyway, this is a wait and see thing. Their significance in Japan has decreased with their exit in the mobile market. They've virtually given up Japan centric games.

I dont really even care, I just have some thoughts. I dont feel we really need to explore this any further.

I'm still quite confused with the  term "Japan centric games" you're using. Persona 5, Last Guardian, Street Fighter 5, several entries in the "souls" series, Final Fantasy VII Remake and also weird titles like Deracine (in cooperation with From Software again).

So yeah, it's normal that a company with such global representation will have titles that have global appeal, beyond the specific region where they are created. I don't see how this in any way bad.

If something, the Japanese market has moved more heavily towards mobile gaming, but that's a cultural shift and not necessarily representative of a lack of appealing games. Apparently when the strategy was one of catering to 2 audiences, things didn't go so well on the handheld space, although I still love my PSP and Vita till this day.